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THE APPLE CULTURIST. 



Fig. 6. 



Fig. 7. 



of a tree, or limb, where there are no branches, and where 

 it is desirable to fill up with a limb any naked space, for the 

 sake of symmetry. 



Another Mode of Side-grafting is performed by cutting 

 off the branch, or the stock to be grafted, the 

 same as for cleft-grafting. Then, instead of 

 splitting the stock, make a cleft, or recess, for 

 the cion (Fig. 6), with a back-saw, as represent- 

 ed below (Fig. 8), which has a thin blade at- 

 tached near the ends of the saw, for shaving 

 off the sides of the saw-kerf true and smooth, 

 as fast as the saw enters the stock. 

 Such a saw may be satisfactorily 

 employed for grafting grapes and 

 other kinds of fruit. It matters not 

 how the cleft is made, if the inside 

 bark of the cion fits neatly, with a 

 gentle pressure, to the inside bark 

 of the stock. When a stock is two or more 

 inches in diameter, six or more cions may be set 

 around the edge without splitting the end. The 

 ends of the cions (Fig. 7) must be fitted true 

 with a sharp knife, and be pressed into the cleft 

 firmly. After the cions are set, apply a coat of Acionformed 

 grafting-wax that will not melt and run down ^ _ cr wn 

 in hot weather. Success in side-grafting will iu - 

 always depend more on skill in fitting the cion to the stock 

 than in any thing else. Side-grafting also possesses this 

 very important ad- 

 vantage over cleft- 

 grafting : the cions, 

 when set in a large 

 stock, are frequent- 



i_ j i~ .<.i, A grafting-saw, with blades for shaving out the sides 

 ly Crushed by the of the recess like Fig. 6. 



Crown side- 

 grafting. 



Fig. 8. 



